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Brian Lehrer: It's The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC. Good morning again, everyone. Now, it's another Brian Lehrer Show 10-question quiz, which we're doing one of every day during the Drive. Call in and answer two questions in a row right, and you'll win a Brian Lehrer Show baseball cap. Today, we're doing a subways quiz, as I mentioned before the news and before the break.
Tomorrow, we're going to do a commuter rails quiz. So today, it's if you ride the trains in the subways, tomorrow it's if you ride the trains-- oh, ride the trains in subways. Today, it's if you ride the trains in the city. Tomorrow, it's if you ride the trains in or from the suburbs, so tune in for that as well, but it's a subway quiz right now. 212-433-WNYC, 212-433-9692. Jamie in Manhattan is ready to play. Hi, Jamie. Ready for question one?
Jamie: Yes.
Brian Lehrer: Okay. Now, our first few questions are on transfer stations. Stations where multiple train lines stop, and you can transfer from one line to another. If you're checking out a game at MSG or you need to take the Long Island Railroad, Amtrak, or New Jersey Transit, or transfer between the 1, 2, 3, A, C, or E trains, what subway station are you at?
Jamie: I'm going to go with 34th Street, Penn Station.
Brian Lehrer: 34th Street, Penn Station is right. That was the customary first question where we check to make sure you're awake, because we think everybody would know that answer. Now, at a major transfer point in Queens, you can switch between any of five different subway lines that connect there. The E, F, M, R, and the Number 7. The station actually has two different names, can you tell me either one?
Jamie: Something Point?
Brian Lehrer: It is not. You're probably thinking of Hunter's Point, but Jamie, sorry, but that's not right. Thanks for giving it a shot. Oh, should we let a Queens person try? All right. Zara in Briarwood Queens, this is going to be a bonus question for you, so if you get it right, it'll count, if you don't get it right, no penalty. Did you hear that question?
Zara: Well yes, but can you repeat it, please?
Brian Lehrer: Sure. This major transfer point in Queens where you can switch between any five different subway lines that connect there, the E, the F, the M, the R, and the Number 7, and this station has two different names depending on which line you come in on. Can you tell me either of those names?
Zara: Jackson Heights or Roosevelt Av.
Brian Lehrer: That is right. Roosevelt Avenue if you're underground on the E, F, M, or R, and if you're on the 7 up on the elevated line, it's 74th Street, Jackson Heights. Okay. For the Brian Lehrer Show baseball cap, let's see if you living in Queens know Brooklyn well enough. At the big Atlantic Avenue Barclays Center Station in Brooklyn, nine different train lines converge. Can you name any three?
Zara: Well, you could take the B, the Q, the 2, or the 3.
Brian Lehrer: You can stop right there because that's four--
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Brian Lehrer: --and you've won a Brian Lehrer Show baseball hat. Way to go, Zara. You know the subways. At least you know the big transfer stations. We're going to take your address off the air, hang on. We're going to go right on to the next person. Let's see, who's going to get this one? I think it is Lauren in Brooklyn. Lauren, you're ready to play?
Lauren: I hope so.
Brian Lehrer: Okay. Now, some of us are happy that baseball season is starting up again soon, including the Subway Series a few times this summer. If you want to go from Mets-Willets Point to 161st Street, Yankee Stadium by subway, you'll need to take the Number 7 from Queens and change where in Manhattan to get on a Yankee Stadium line?
Lauren: The 7 in Queens--
Brian Lehrer: Yes, from Queens into Manhattan.
Lauren: There to Manhattan?
Brian Lehrer: Yes, right. There are a few stops in Manhattan, but they're all on the same street.
Lauren: Maybe Grand Central?
Brian Lehrer: Grand Central is right. That's an acceptable answer--
Lauren: Woo-hoo. Okay.
Brian Lehrer: --because you change at Grand Central for the 4, or you can change at 42nd, and they call it 5th Avenue or 6th Avenue, for the B or the D trains. All right. That ends our transfer station set of questions. Here's a question in a category of its own. Three subway stops throughout the vast subway system are accessible only by elevators, there are no stairs or escalators to take riders all the way down to the platform. Can you name any one of those stops where you need to take an escalator at least part-way?
Lauren: You can only get there by elevator or escalator?
Brian Lehrer: Yes. I mean, you might start-- An elevator takes you at least part of the way, you can't just get there by steps and escalator. One of them is in Brooklyn, two of them are in Manhattan.
Lauren: One of them is in Brooklyn-- Man, I guess I'm going to guess. For the Brooklyn one, is it like an R train station or--
Brian Lehrer: It's not. I'll give you one more hint. It's a 2 and 3 line station.
Lauren: Okay. A 2 and 3 line station can only get to-- Is it Atlantic-Barclays?
Brian Lehrer: It's not. Lauren, thanks for trying. The answer to that one is Clark Street on the 2 and the 3 lines. The 2 stops in Manhattan on 168th Street, which has the 1, the A, and the C, and 181st Street on the Number 1 train line where at least part of the way between street and platform has to be done on an elevator. All right, let's see. Katie in Greenpoint, ready to play?
Katie: Hi, yes.
Brian Lehrer: Hi. Okay. Our remaining five questions are all on the topic "end of the line." Those terminal stations where different lines begin and end. Question 6 in our 10-question quiz, thrill seekers and beach bums can take the D, F, N, or Q lines to the last stop in Brooklyn to ride a big roller-coaster or enjoy a day at the beach. What is the name of that station?
Katie: Coney Island, Stillwell Avenue.
Brian Lehrer: Exactly, and you got the full name. You included the Stillwell Avenue. Props to you.
Katie: [laughs] I've been many times.
Brian Lehrer: Now, question number 7. The G train is the only full-length subway line that does not enter Manhattan, travels from Brooklyn to Queens, or Queens to Brooklyn depending on your vantage point. Can you name either station at the end of the G train? Either the Brooklyn or the Queens terminal?
Katie: Yes, this is also my train line--
Brian Lehrer: Oh, lucky you.
Katie: There's Court Square or Church Avenue.
Brian Lehrer: Well, that's it. That's enough to win the hat.
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Katie: Yes. Thanks.
Brian Lehrer: And you're right. I heard you say the other one over the horns, Church Avenue in Kensington or Court Square in Long Island City. You did it, Katie. Hang on, we're going to take your address and send your Brian Lehrer Show baseball cap that you can wear on the E train-- I mean on the G train, or on your way to Coney Island, Stillwell Avenue. Russell in Manhattan, you're on WNYC. Ready to play?
Russell: I am, yes.
Brian Lehrer: All right, question number 8. The A train is the longest subway line, 32 miles, including parts of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. Can you name a stop or a neighborhood at either end of the A train line? A stop or a neighborhood.
Russell: Far Rockaway.
Brian Lehrer: Far Rockaway is right. They have Mott Avenue there as the end of the line stop. We also would have accepted Lefferts Boulevard, or Ozone Park where that is, Rockaway Park as well, Beach 116th Street, and on the Manhattan side, 207th Street, Inwood. All right, question number 9. The 2, 4, and 5 trains go through three boroughs of their own, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and the Bronx. Name the terminal stop in the Bronx, the last stop going north for any of those lines. Any one of those lines, the 2, 4, or the 5. You can give a street name or a neighborhood name.
Russell: Oh God, that's tougher than it looks. The Bronx-- is it Woodhaven for the 5?
Brian Lehrer: Oh, not quite.
Russell: Oh--
Brian Lehrer: No. All right, Russell. Thanks. Sorry. We'll give Mike in the Bronx a crack at that one before we retire that question, and we're almost at the end of quiz. Mike, you're on WNYC. Did you hear that question?
Mike: Yes, 2, 4, and 5 trains?
Brian Lehrer: Yes.
Mike: Dyre Avenue in the Bronx.
Brian Lehrer: Dyre Avenue to Eastchester. That's the 5 line to Eastchester. Dyre Avenue, correct. The number 4 goes to Woodlawn, the number 2 goes to Wakefield 241st Street. Last question in our 10-question quiz, and it's for the baseball hat. If you want to take a ride on the Staten Island ferry from Manhattan-- so you're in the Bronx, we're going all the way south now from all the way north. The stations for the shortest walk to the ferry terminal, you'll want to take the one train to this subway stop, or the N, R, or W to this subway stop. What's the name of the stop?
Mike: South Ferry.
Brian Lehrer: South Ferry is correct.
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Brian Lehrer: On the one train, and on the N, R, and W, they call it Whitehall Street/South Ferry. Would have taken South Ferry in either case, or Whitehall Street. Mike, thank you very much, and you win a Brian Lehrer Show baseball cap. Hang on, we're going to take your address off the air. That's our 10-question quiz for today. Coming up tomorrow, we will switch from the subway quiz to a commuter rail quiz. If you're listening on Long Island, if you're listening in Pointe North, if you're listening in Jersey, if you're listening in one other particular area that is not technically the suburbs, but which we couldn't include today, think about it, the quiz tomorrow will be for you. Brian Lehrer on WNYC, much more to come today.
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